A Song for Europe 1970 The
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) held the national final on 7 March 1970, presented by
Cliff Richard, as part of the BBC1 series ''
It's Cliff Richard!.'' Hopkin performed one of the six shortlisted songs each week, before performing all six in succession in the final. These performances were then immediately repeated. The votes were open to the public by post, with the results announced on 14 March, just a week before the Eurovision final itself. The BBC had chosen Welsh singer
Mary Hopkin as its representative back in August 1969, having made her name with songs such as "
Those Were the Days" and "
Goodbye". At the final, Hopkin was backed by singers John Evans and Brian Bennett, with the orchestra conducted alternately by
John Cameron and
Johnny Arthey, who directed the orchestra in Amsterdam. Hopkin was allowed to select one song for the contest, this being "You've Everything You Need", while the other five were selected from over 200 songs put forward by songwriters. "You've Everything You Need" caused a minor scandal on the day of the British final when the
Daily Mirror reported that the publishers of that song had told all their staff to send in multiple votes. Whether votes had to be then adjusted by the BBC to avoid a scandal is unknown, but the song ended up being placed second-last. Belatedly, it also became a minor US hit for her in 1972. == At Eurovision ==